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Understandıng and acceptance of evolutionary theory among Turkish university students

Türk üniversite öğrencileri arasında evrim teorisini anlama ve kabul etme

Efsun ANNAÇ
Hasan G BAHÇEKAPILI
Pages
1–11
Publication Date
2022-10-11
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Recommendations are made to improve the teaching ofevolutionary theory.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Acceptance level of evolutionary theory and factors predicting itwere examined among Psychology majors from Doğuş University and BahçeşehirUniversity (N=99).
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Key Findings & Data:About half of the students accepted evolutionary theory, which isa higher percentage than in previous reports.
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Conclusion & Impact:Recommendations are made to improve the teaching ofevolutionary theory.
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Acceptance level of evolutionary theory and factors predicting itwere examined among Psychology majors from Doğuş University and BahçeşehirUniversity (N=99). About half of the students accepted evolutionary theory, which isa higher percentage than in previous reports. Positive attitudes towards science andparents’ education were positively correlated with acceptance whereas religiositywas negatively correlated. Understanding of evolutionary theory was surprisinglylow. Understanding the theory and understanding the nature of science wereunrelated to acceptance. Recommendations are made to improve the teaching ofevolutionary theory.

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Doğuş Üniversitesi ve Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi Psikoloji Bölümü öğrencileri(N=99) arasında evrim teorisini kabul etme düzeyi ve bunu belirleyen faktörlerincelendi. Öğrencilerin yaklaşık yarısının evrim teorisini kabul ettiği bulundu. Buoran önceki bulgulardan daha yüksektir. Bilime karşı olumlu tutuma sahip olmak veanne-baba eğitim düzeyi kabul düzeyiyle pozitif korelasyon gösterirken dindarlıknegatif korelasyon gösterdi. Evrim teorisini anlama düzeyi şaşırtıcı derecededüşüktü. Teoriyi anlama ve bilimin doğasını anlamayla teoriyi kabul düzeyikorelasyon göstermedi. Bulgulardan hareketle evrim teorisi eğitiminde nasıl dahaileri gidilebileceği tartışıldı.

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ANNAÇ, E., BAHÇEKAPILI, H. G. (2022). Understandıng and acceptance of evolutionary theory among Turkish university students. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi, Cilt: 13 - Sayı: 1, 1–11. https://ajindex.com/articles/490248

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